Manufacture of wallets and pocketbooks



March 6, 1928.

MANUFACTUE OFWALLETS AND POCKETBOOKS C. B. COOK Filed May 13. 1927 Patented Mar. 6, 1928.

UNITE-D STATESPATENT OFFICE..-

CARI. B. COOK, OF HADDONFIELD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 CHARLES K. COOK COM- PANY, INCORPORATED, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JER- I "say. 7

MANUFACTURE OF WALLETS AND POCKETBOOKS.

Application filed May 13, 1927. serial No. 191,122.

This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of wallets and pocketbooks.

The principal object ofthe invention is to provide a Wallet of novel form facilitating manufacture thereof and increasing the durability of the finished article.

More specifically, an object of the invention is to provide a novel form of Wallet composed of one piece of leather. or similar material which is held in its proper form without the use of stitches and which will have the characteristic of expandability when packed beyond its normal holding capacity.

In the attached drawings:

Figure 1 shows the blank from which the wallet is formed;

Fig. 2 shows the partially formed wallet;

Fig. 3 shows the wallet in a still further stage of completion;

Fig. 4 is a view in perspective illustrating the finished wallet;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view in perspective illustrating the preferred means for fastening the flaps 4 in the pockets which receive them, and

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6, Fig. 5.

As shown in .the drawings, the wallet is formed of a single piece of leather or other suitable material blanked out in the form illustrated. This blank 1 comprises a central flap 2 and two end flaps 3, 3 all projecting upwardly from what may be termed the body of the blank. The central flap 2 com-- prises also two end fla s 4, 4 which function for a purpose hereina ter described.

As shown in Fig. 2, the flaps 3 are adapted to be folded downwardly and to be secured by suitable cement to a small sealing flap 5 at the outer end of the lower edge of the blank so as to form open loops at each end of the body portion 1, which loops may be folded inwardly against the body of the blank along the lines designated in Fig. 2 by the reference numeral 6'. Thereafter, the flap 2 is turned downwardly against the body ortion 1, as indicated in Fig. 3, and the si e flaps 4 thereof are inserted in the outer ends of the loops formed as described above by the turned-down flaps 3. The flap 4 at the left of Fig. 3 is shown inserted in the loop at that side. Insertion of the fla s4 as described within the loops at the end 0 the body portion completes the wallet, as shown in Fig. 4, the arrangement providing a main pocket 7 extending the full length of the wallet and side pockets 8, 8 within the loops formed by the turned-down flaps 3. It will be noted, that the flaps 4 arefreely slidable. in the:- loops which they normally occupy, and. when. papers or bills are placed inthe-pocket beyond the normal capacity thereof,.the excessive bulging of the sides of the wallet is; fully compensated by. the slidability of the flaps 4 and the fact that they automatically adjust themselves in the pockets. This free expansion of the sides relieves the corners or edges of the wallet from the excessive strain which otherwise would come upon them, and greatly increases the durability and life of the wallet. Obviously the fact that the wallet is made of a single piece of material and is formed without a single stitching operation greatly facilitates the manufacture and correspondingly lowers the cost.

It is sometimes desirable to anchor the flaps 4 withinthe loops in such manner as to prevent them being entirely withdrawn, while not interfering with the limited movement required for the free expansion of the wallet as described above. A desirable form of anchoring means is illustrated in Figs. 5

and 6. As illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, and the said Figures 5 and 6, I provide each of the flaps 4 with an opening 9, and each of the flaps 3with a corresponding opening 10. These openings are so placed that with the flaps 4 inserted within the loops formed by thefiaps 3, as described, a fiatretaining strap 'or loop 11,'which may be made for example of celluloid, may be inserted through the openings 9 and 10, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The normal position of the flaps 4 within the pocket is shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and it will be noted that the openings 9 and 10 are so located with respect to each other that the required amount of free movement of the flaps 4 within the pocket is provided for.

I claim:

1. A wallet comprising a body portion having a pocket at each end and having a flap connected along one longitudinal edge with tongues adapted for insertion in said pockets.

2. A wallet comprising a body portion hav-, ing at each end a turned-in loo forming a pocket, a flap connected to one 'ongitudinal edge of the body portion and having a tongue at each side adapted for insertion in said pockets whereby the said flap is adjustably held in position against the body.

3. A wallet comprising a single piece of leather in the form of a substantially rectangular body piece having at each end an upwardly extending flap adapted to be folded down and secured at the lower edge of the body portion to form loops or pockets at the end of the said body, said blank also comprising a central flap extending from the side of the said body ortion between the end flaps and adapted to e folded down against the body and having side tongues or extensions adapted to fit in the said loops or pockets to form the finished wallet.

4. A wallet comprising a body portion having a pocket'at each end and having a flap connected along one longitudinal e ge with tongues adapted for insertion in said pockets, and means for anchoring the flaps in said pockets.

5. A wallet comprising a body portion having at each end a turned-in loop formin a pocket, a flap connected to one longitudina edge of the body portion intermediate the loops and having a tongue at each side adapted for insertion in said pockets whereby said flap is flexibly held in position against the body, and means for limiting the free movement of the flaps in the pockets to prevent complete withdrawal of said flaps.

CARL B. COOK. 

